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evidence-based solutions for decent, agile working
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Resources for practitioners
Decent, agile working can help organisations accommodate different needs and circumstances, make the most of people's unique strengths and meet changing organisational goals.
Watch this video for more details. Summary information is available in this leaflet and poster.
Agile Working
See also our: Practical toolkit for managers to deliver decent and agile flexible working to address workforce challenges in the NHS
The NHS 10-Year Health Plan acknowledges that "Modernising the NHS as an employer means offering staff more flexibility and freedom to choose where, when and how they work. As patients increasingly seek more responsive care, at a time and in a place convenient for them, a more agile approach to staff deployment has the potential to help us meet changing patient priorities and population health needs"p.105-106
Other useful resources
BBC podcast on managing emails
CIPD article on leading an agile workforce
People management article on indifference as a sign of burnout
LSE Review on decent connectivity principles
Easy to read articles on managing work-email effectively
Working well from home
The working well from home programme saw Emma collaborating with Fran Meeten and Faith Orchard in the school of Psychology to assist small businesses in East Sussex think about how to help people work well from home during and post-pandemic.
Four-day week
Visit the Sussex 4 Day Week website for details on how to introduce working time reductions to your organisations and reap the rewards of a better rested, better motivated workforce.
Managing problematic emails
Take a look at this neat video agilab created after undertaking research at the Civil Service. Some great tips on how to better manage your work-email. We've plenty of infographics and posters to go with this - let us know if you want these to use with your own teams.
New trends in Co-working
Coworking spaces are rising in popularity, as organisations seek to find ways of helping workers work in places more convenient to them, without experiencing the isolation and 'fear of being forgotten' (FOF) that home-working can sometimes engender. On the rise in both urban and rural centres, coworking spaces in different environments offer different benefits. Watch the videos below to find out more about how coworking can work for you.
Visit the Digit site for more academic research and resources on digital work
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